Hot Cocoa Cupcakes
These holiday beauties will be the life of any holiday party! Use red cupcake liners, or holiday baking cups. I use the Hershey's Black Magic Cake recipe for these, with a vanilla frosting. How fun are these!?
1 h 30 min24 servings
Ingredients
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
- 3/4 unsweetened baking cocoa
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup strong black coffee, or 2 teaspoons espresso powder or instant coffee granules dissolved in 1 cup boiling water, slightly cooled
- 1 cup buttermilk, or sour milk (1 tablespoon white vinegar with enough whole milk added to equal 1 cup)
- 1/2 cup vegetable or canola oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 4 cups confectioner’s sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- Pinch of salt
- 2 – 4 tablespoons milk
Instructions
- 1
--- For decorating your Hot Cocoa Cupcakes, you will also need ---
- 2
Mini marshmallows (approximately 75)
- 3
Mini semi-sweet chocolate chips, approximately ⅓ cup
- 4
24 small mini candy canes, plus 10-12, crushed
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